Table 1.
Overall descriptions of experiments
| Experiments | A | B | C | D | E | Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data recorded at room temperature | |||||||
| Animal weight (g) | 257 | 161 | 145 | 255 | 270 | ||
| Temperature | 20.7 ± 0.0 | 21.4 ± 0.0 | 20.8 ± 0.0 | 21.1 ± 0.0 | 15.2 ± 0.0 | ||
| Number of spikes/min | 45.9 ± 1.5 | 24.6 ± 2.7 | 16.6 ± 1.4 | 38.4 ± 0.8 | 28.6 ± 0.1 | ||
| Vmin (mV) | –13.9 ± 0.0 | –25.2 ± 0.2 | –35.3 ± 0.8 | –34.2 ± 0.2 | –27.3 ± 0.1 | ||
| Aave (mV) | 42.7 ± 0.1 | 63.3 ± 3.6 | 70.9 ± 0.3 | 70.4 ± 0.4 | 64.6 ± 0.4 | ||
| Amax (mV) | 55.9 ± 0.4 | 72.1 ± 0.4 | 76.7 ± 0.4 | 76.7 ± 0.4 | 65.3 ± 0.4 | ||
| Duration of constant temperature (min) | 60 | 45 | 71 | 14 | 244 | ||
| Data selected for analysis | |||||||
| Range of temperature change | 13.8−25.4 | 17.6−28.2 | 16.6−29.7 | 15.4−26.9 | 12.8−28.8 | 15.2−27.8 | |
| Recording duration (min) | 229 | 561 | 166 | 338 | 3,826 | 5,120 | 1,024 |
| Number of temperature change cycles (total number) | 2 (6) | 5 (7) | 1.5 (2.5) | 3 (8) | 34 (44) | 45 (67) | 9 (13) |
| Number of spikes (total number) | 7,170 (31,765) | 20,652 (34,050) | 6,798 (8,355) | 15,213 (39,074) | 51,515 (99,333) | 101,348 (212,577) | 20,269 (42,515) |
| Total recording time (min) | 1,176 | 930 | 379 | 1,034 | 5,400 | 8,919 | 1,783 |
Values are presented as mean ± standard error.